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Super Game Boy Plus: Ultimate Super Game Boy Upgrade with Enhanced Features (www.retronews.com)
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The Super Game Boy has received a significant upgrade with the introduction of the Super Game Boy Plus, an unofficial enhancement developed by @BucketMouseBite. This new version addresses several limitations of the original Super Game Boy, which allowed Game Boy games to be played on the SNES but had a faster clock speed than the original Game Boy, affecting gameplay and compatibility with link cables.

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[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Someone help me understand the feature to lock a game to the cartridge - does this mean it copies the game data into the SNES cartridge so you don’t need the GameBoy cart anymore? If so, this could give Nintendo’s lawyers enough power to shut this project down, which would be very sad

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Is it illegal to rip a game that you own onto a device that you own? My understanding is that's 100% legal, not gray area at all. The only issue would be if you distributed it.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Your understanding is incorrect if copying involves circumventing encryption or other means of protecting the data. That said, it's not an issue for the Game Boy or Super NES.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

17 U.S. Code § 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems

Well that's interesting. It does say the law won't override fair use. But I assume it blocks it regardless.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago

These games were not stored with encryption, don't you worry

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